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Granted Patent B2
US 8,565,956 · App. 13/390,629 · Granted Oct 22, 2013

Cranking torque control apparatus

Inventors: Koji Miwa (Susono, JP); Takashi Kawai (Gotemba, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,565,956
App. No.
13/390,629
Granted
Oct 22, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cranking torque control apparatus ( 100 ) is mounted on a hybrid vehicle provided with: an engine ( 11 ), a motor (MG 1 ) coupled with the engine and capable of cranking the engine, and a battery ( 21 ) capable of supplying an electric power to the motor. The cranking torque control apparatus is provided with: a setting device ( 22 ) capable of setting an output limit value which is a limit value for the electric power outputted from the battery in accordance with an electric power deviation when the motor cranks the engine; and a controlling device ( 22 ) for controlling said setting device not to set the output limit value under a condition that a voltage of the battery falls below a lower limit voltage associated with the battery due to resonance of the engine or due to a first fire of the engine.

Claims (6)

1. A cranking torque control apparatus mounted on a hybrid vehicle comprising: an engine, a motor coupled with the engine and capable of cranking the engine, and a battery capable of supplying an electric power to the motor, said cranking torque control apparatus comprising:

a setting device capable of setting an output limit value which is a limit value for the electric power outputted from the battery in accordance with an electric power deviation when the motor cranks the engine; and

a controlling device for controlling said setting device not to set the output limit value under a condition that a voltage of the battery falls below a lower limit voltage associated with the battery due to resonance of the engine.

2. A cranking torque control apparatus mounted on a hybrid vehicle comprising: an engine, a motor coupled with the engine and capable of cranking the engine, and a battery capable of supplying an electric power to the motor, said cranking torque control apparatus comprising:

a setting device capable of setting an output limit value which is a limit value for the electric power outputted from the battery in accordance with an electric power deviation when the motor cranks the engine; and

a controlling device for controlling said setting device not to set the output limit value under a condition that a voltage of the battery falls below a lower limit voltage associated with the battery due to a first fire of the engine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2012
From: MIWA, KOJI; KAWAI, TAKASHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Continuity (1)
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